I’ll admit it, I was surprised to see the big guy go. However, I did publish the following in my recap article:

“Norcaldoll was succinct by saying ‘He needs to be gone. Period.’ I think she’s right. He must be a good guy in person because the judges pamper him when his voice is nothing special”

So for the freak who tried to call me out for not knowing that of which I speak regarding Charles Grigsby, apparently it turns out that I do know what I’m talking about, eh? I called Rickey a clown, then Simon compared him to one, and now he’s off the show. Where does that leave us? Glad you asked. Now Ruben Studdard gets all the demographic votes and steers clear of the bottom 3 for a while without question. That exposes Joshua Gracin and Clay Aiken, the other clear front-runners, to a possible demotion if they have an off night.

Clearly Trenyce, the “Kims” and Carmen are vulnerable on any given night. Kimberly Caldwell is this year’s version of that chick who runs the Karaoke bar from last season. How many times can she face the grim reaper and walk away? Kimberley Locke has more talent, but doesn’t have people voting on her for physical appearance. Carmen is evolving into something weird, but apparently it worked because she was no worse than fifth in last week’s voting. Trenyce must have gotten boat loads of votes to move from the bottom 2 to out of the bottom 3 considering the two weeks worth of voting were combined. Are people feeling sorry for her?

Stay tuned, as they say, and I’m looking forward to Kimberly Caldwell having something to really cry about next week. Namely, her elimination from the show, and I’m done for now.